Ruby Bute

(Ruby Angelica) was born in Aruba on the 13th of January 1943 and came to Sint Maarten on the 6th of November 1976. Since 1986 Ruby Bute is employee at the Department of Culture. She is also art-teacher at the John Larmonie Center. She was the first woman who organised after-school-activities for children of elementary schools. Ruby Butes' endeavor is to promote young upcoming artists for the pride of Sint Maarten. Besides her art she is known for her poems, collected in Golden Voices of S'maatin and Floral Bouquet to the Daughters of Eve (published in January 1996). Ruby Bute was honored and awarded many times in the Caribbean. On the 11th of January 2004 she received a lifetime achievement award from the Municipality of French St. Martin.
WIN 2005